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<strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>
› CONTENTS<br />
Background.....................................................4<br />
<strong>Action</strong> Guidelines..................................... 5<br />
Principles............................................................ 5<br />
Ideas for <strong>Action</strong>..........................................6<br />
Further Information.............................12
› BACKGROUND<br />
This <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> has been created by<br />
<strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong> residents who came together<br />
in a <strong>Community</strong> Assembly on the <strong>Climate</strong><br />
between July 2022 and April 2023.<br />
DYFFRYN<br />
OGWEN<br />
› <strong>Action</strong> GUIDELINES<br />
In responding locally to the climate and ecological emergency,<br />
all the <strong>Climate</strong> Assembly’s actions will be:<br />
The Assemblies were organised<br />
and facilitated by climate action<br />
movement GwyrddNi, in partnership<br />
with Ynni <strong>Llŷn</strong>, our local partner in<br />
<strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong>. The work was funded by the<br />
National Lottery’s <strong>Community</strong> Fund.<br />
DYFFRYN<br />
PERIS<br />
Fair, inclusive and creative<br />
Building <strong>Community</strong> Resilience<br />
An education programme was held in local<br />
schools and four assembly sessions were<br />
held with members in the community to<br />
learn, share and discuss together before<br />
answering the question: How can we in <strong>Pen</strong><br />
<strong>Llŷn</strong> respond locally to <strong>Climate</strong> Change?<br />
The answers can be read in this <strong>Action</strong><br />
<strong>Plan</strong>. There is now an open invitation for<br />
anyone in the area who’s interested to join<br />
us on the journey to realise these ideas.<br />
PEN LLŶN<br />
DYFFRYN<br />
NANTLLE<br />
BRO<br />
FFESTINIOG<br />
Supporting culture, language, diversity,<br />
creativity, access and equality<br />
Caring for the community and making it more<br />
resilient to whatever happens in the future<br />
Benefit the natural environment<br />
] Informed<br />
Respect nature, habitats and biodiversity,<br />
and where possible, enhance it<br />
Taking into account information, experience<br />
and opinion, long-term thinking and recognising<br />
the inter-connectedness of everything<br />
Datblygiadau Egni Gwledig<br />
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› Principles<br />
At the beginning of the process, members presented the following principles and guidelines to the Assembly.<br />
Following this, thematic groups were set up to develop the visions and actions contained in this document:<br />
› Any plan to concentrate on the unique<br />
language and culture of the area<br />
› Invest locally in projects (e.g. jobs, housing etc.)<br />
› Develop plans that concentrate on natural resources<br />
› Encourage green and heritage tourism<br />
› Develop projects on a local and micro-local level<br />
(e.g. Project that would be suitable for Aberdaron<br />
not necessarily suitable for Pwllheli)<br />
› Inclusivity - voice for all, find common ground and positivity<br />
› Clarity - ensure that everybody understands,<br />
explain purpose, honesty, and present correct<br />
information and evidence in its context<br />
› Work towards priority actions<br />
› Consider how different themes affect each<br />
other and develop crosscutting themes<br />
› The local and global are inter-connected<br />
› Respect the land, biodiversity and ecosystems<br />
› Think creatively, and be open-minded<br />
› It’s ok not to agree<br />
› Commit to communicate extensively in a variety<br />
of ways to include everyone in the community<br />
› Concentrate and be as specific as possible<br />
in our messages and discussions<br />
› No ‘jargon’<br />
› Cooperate with kindness towards a common goal<br />
› Realistic and relevant aim<br />
› Co-operate in interest-groups in a cooperative<br />
and community-focused way<br />
› <strong>Action</strong> Ideas<br />
ENERGY<br />
Idea Details and Effect Next Steps<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Energy<br />
Agency / Information<br />
Hub (In co-operation<br />
with Ynni <strong>Llŷn</strong>)<br />
Independent agency, Information hub and management service<br />
to support, promote and run local home energy efficiency projects<br />
and provide guidance and publicity on energy matters in <strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong><br />
Retrofit for all<br />
Ensure that homes are cheaper to run<br />
Produce green energy to support social<br />
justice, our communities and culture<br />
Electricity-producing hamster wheel for people<br />
Develop a small energy hub that solar, wind and<br />
a heat pump to produce green energy<br />
Effect: Reduce carbon emissions, Increase energy selfsufficiency,<br />
Increased quality of life and health, Increased<br />
local employment, Increased community cohesion, increased<br />
ability to connect renewable energy to the grid<br />
Secure funding for<br />
community energy agency<br />
Share aims and information<br />
with wider community<br />
to raise awareness<br />
Identify and engage with<br />
key stakeholders (including<br />
local contractors)<br />
Establish information<br />
base - website and<br />
iformation boards etc.<br />
Local Generation and<br />
Electricity Network.<br />
Encourage energy self-sufficiency in homes and businesses<br />
By monitoring current usage and simulating future demand a system<br />
would be developed to manage peaks in demand and facilitate new<br />
renewable generation projects<br />
Effect: (as above)<br />
Engage with SPEN<br />
Research situation and identify<br />
actions and sites<br />
Identify suitable technologies<br />
that respect the built and<br />
natural environment<br />
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› <strong>Action</strong> Ideas<br />
› <strong>Action</strong> Ideas<br />
TRANSPORT<br />
TRANSPORT<br />
Idea Details and Effect Next Steps<br />
Idea Details and Effect Next Steps<br />
Establish transport<br />
hubs and energy<br />
banks in every<br />
community (In cooperation<br />
with O<br />
Ddrws i Ddrws)<br />
Charging points for vehicles and e-bikes<br />
Vehicle and bike sharing schemes<br />
Fleet of community cars<br />
Bus revolution - on demand<br />
Electric cars for carers<br />
Find leading body<br />
Compose business plan<br />
Find funding sources and<br />
apply for funding<br />
‘Lôn Las’ Network<br />
Create green corridors for walking, cycling and wheelchairs<br />
Pwllheli to Aberdaron via North Coast<br />
Portmeirion to Abersoch<br />
Felin Uchaf to Aberdaron<br />
North - South link path<br />
Co-operate with farmers<br />
and explore use of new<br />
Welsh Government<br />
agricultural grants<br />
Discuss with relevant<br />
authorities and organisations<br />
Effect: Less fossil fuel consumption, carbon emissions and fuel<br />
poverty; social and economic wellbeing<br />
Effect: Less danger to wildlife, social cohesion through volunteering,<br />
reduce maintenance costs, economic benefit of eco-tourism<br />
Cycle Friendly <strong>Llŷn</strong><br />
Campaign and<br />
Enterprise<br />
Volunteer footpath<br />
wardening scheme<br />
Campaign, workshops<br />
Remove barriers to cycling - charge, repair, share<br />
Promote cycling to locals and visitors<br />
Effect: Health and wellbeing, less road-kill, less pollution, increase<br />
local knowledge, reduce living costs, safety<br />
Help keep the local paths usable<br />
Give a sense of community ownership of the network<br />
Effect: Less danger to wildlife, strengthening<br />
community by volunteering, reduce maintenance<br />
costs, economic benefits of eco-tourism<br />
Set up cycling group<br />
Contact local cycling and<br />
governing organisations<br />
Produce transport plan<br />
including acting transport<br />
Discuss with relevant<br />
authorities and organisations<br />
Set up and support a pilot in<br />
one or more communities<br />
Tramway: Amlwch<br />
to Aberdaron<br />
Visions of primary<br />
school children<br />
Amlwch - Bangor - Pwllheli with extention to Nefyn and Abersoch<br />
Locally built and owned<br />
Use of old tracks when possible<br />
Effect: Reduce car use, cheap locally controlled public transport<br />
Horses, bikes and scooters for all<br />
Effect: Raise awareness of the climate change crisis<br />
amongst children, give them hope by empowering<br />
them to take responsibility and take action<br />
Establish political will<br />
and engineering know<br />
how in conjunction with<br />
Welsh Highland Railway<br />
Discuss with Welsh<br />
Government Minister with<br />
responsibility for transport<br />
Synchronise with<br />
other actions<br />
Continue with school links<br />
Develop and<br />
implement actions<br />
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› <strong>Action</strong> Ideas<br />
› <strong>Action</strong> Ideas<br />
AGRICULTURE, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, BIODIVERSITY AND THE SEA<br />
AGRICULTURE, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, BIODIVERSITY AND THE SEA<br />
Idea Details and Effect Next Steps<br />
Idea Details and Effect Next Steps<br />
Seed Bank<br />
Feeding 20,000<br />
and Ethical Ecology<br />
Demonstration<br />
Centre<br />
Biodiversity<br />
Park within the<br />
Cambrian Riviera<br />
Establish <strong>Llŷn</strong> seed bank that would promote<br />
biodiversity and secure food security<br />
Saving of seeds and open pollination<br />
Create wild flower micro-gardens in every<br />
community e.g. roadsides and cemeteries<br />
Effect: community resilience, education resource, reduce carbon<br />
footprint, food security, biodiverse landscape, health benefits<br />
<strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong> is 100,000 acres and 20,000 people that can be<br />
fed from 1,000 acres - use 1 acre per head model<br />
Establish 50 acres of growing in 20 locations<br />
Include schools and allotments<br />
Create the World’s First demonstration of Ethical Habitation<br />
Demonstration of Energy, Housing, Horticulture, Democracy<br />
Possibly currency, for the whole of <strong>Pen</strong><strong>Llŷn</strong><br />
Effect: Build resilience and self-sufficiency that builds<br />
communities whilst promoting the economy, local<br />
production, reduce food-miles, reduce packaging<br />
Create linear park of flood defences, wetlands and coastal habitats<br />
between the main road and the sea from Llanbedrog to Porthmadog<br />
Effect: Enhance access, protect biodiversity and flooding<br />
Establish hub and<br />
support team<br />
Promote local events to<br />
establish local network<br />
of seed producers<br />
Promote had.cymru website<br />
and nurture contacts<br />
Identify sites to grow food<br />
Establish micro-hubs<br />
to produce locally and<br />
link with producers<br />
Visit similar enterprises<br />
Buy farm through Gaian<br />
Earth Land Trust in Wales<br />
Work with Ffrindiau Pwllheli<br />
to secure starting point<br />
Platform offering<br />
sustainable<br />
holiday package<br />
Visions of primary<br />
school children:<br />
Agriculture,<br />
biodiversity,<br />
self-sufficiency<br />
and the sea<br />
Promote local<br />
produce<br />
Sustainably run accommodation<br />
Local produce and transport<br />
Green, cultural tourism with use of Welsh language<br />
Effect: Reduce carbon footprint and food-miles, raise<br />
awareness of green, cultural and linguistic issues<br />
Help farmers change to electric tractors (and other fuels)<br />
Solar panels for farm buildings and electricity production<br />
Small roadside farms - wild flowers, fruit trees, bee hive<br />
<strong>Plan</strong>ting of seagrass, learning its value and seed shop<br />
Encourage and educate planting of trees and wild flowers<br />
Effect: Increase food and energy self-sufficiency and carbon storage<br />
Document <strong>Pen</strong><strong>Llŷn</strong> food products, producers and suppliers<br />
Advertise and promote <strong>Pen</strong><strong>Llŷn</strong> food products,<br />
producers and suppliers<br />
Overcome barriers to local production<br />
Effect: Reduce food miles, health benefits, increase<br />
co-operation, boost local economy<br />
Establish group<br />
Research similar models<br />
Contact other stakeholders<br />
Incorporate ideas in<br />
other actions<br />
Incorporate ideas in<br />
other actions<br />
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› <strong>Action</strong> Ideas<br />
› <strong>Action</strong> Ideas<br />
PEOPLE, BEHAVIOUR AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT<br />
WASTE<br />
Idea Details and Effect Next Steps<br />
Idea Details and Effect Next Steps<br />
Eco-coaching<br />
Green prescriptions<br />
Help individuals and groups to understand the<br />
climate crisis and set and reach personal goals<br />
Behavioural change model incorporates the concepts of ecohealth<br />
(Lebel 2003) and mental capital (Foresight, 2008)<br />
It is suitable for a variety of settings and people<br />
Effect: Improve understanding of climate issues, more selfawareness,<br />
move towards ‘climate adaptation’, empower<br />
people, increased resilience, incremental changes<br />
Encourage local surgeries and health and social care centres to use<br />
green prescriptions including Simon Jones’s ‘Virtual Reality’ models<br />
Use of green spaces for conservation activities with the<br />
aim of improving health and environmental adaption<br />
Training for using ‘green prescriptions’<br />
Effect: Less use of prescription drugs and health centres,<br />
save money for NHS, more interaction with nature, better<br />
mental and bodily health and wellbeing, less loneliness<br />
Raise awareness of<br />
available coaching<br />
Train more coaches<br />
Work with local practitioners<br />
Identify people to canvass GPs<br />
Identify prescription<br />
activities and locations<br />
Training for doctors<br />
and activity leaders<br />
Contact care homes<br />
Plastic-free <strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong><br />
Develop plans to secure Plastic-free <strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong>, emulating Môn<br />
Tackle coastal plastic waste<br />
Locally designed machine to clear sea waste: (Vision by the primary<br />
school children)<br />
Effect: Less plastic and micro-plastic waste, cleaner and healthier<br />
community that is more eco and people friendly, more recycling with<br />
aim to reach zero-waste<br />
Convene all interested parties<br />
to develop a strategy and<br />
brand<br />
Seek advice from movements<br />
such as ‘Plastic-free Môn’<br />
and ‘Cambrian Beach<br />
Guardians’, ‘Keep Wales Tidy’,<br />
‘Cambrian Beach Guardians’,<br />
‘Surfers against Sewage’ and<br />
businesses<br />
Education: Visions<br />
by primary school<br />
children<br />
Learning how to help the world at school<br />
Opportunity and support to learn Welsh<br />
Education for all age groups<br />
Effect: Intergenerational influence, support for the<br />
young to realise their visions, change perceptions and<br />
practices, democratic and lifelong learning<br />
Identify experiences to<br />
enthuse the young<br />
Realise some of the visions<br />
Family activities<br />
Support primary schools to<br />
reach ‘Eco-school’ status<br />
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› <strong>Action</strong> Ideas<br />
ACTIONS AT THE MICRO-COMMUNITY LEVEL<br />
Idea Details and Effect Next Steps<br />
Create activity<br />
nature trail in Pwllheli<br />
<strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong> Prosperity<br />
Centre - Tŵr, Pwllheli<br />
Transitional<br />
Cafe Pwllheli<br />
Accessible to all generations<br />
Connecting locals and visitors to Pwllheli’s green and blue spaces<br />
Maintained by volunteers<br />
Suitable for walking and rolling<br />
Educational, cultural and interactive elements<br />
promoting nature and sustainability<br />
Effect: Raise awareness, boost the town’s<br />
green profile, health benefits<br />
Offices for all the development potential in <strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong><br />
100% energy efficient<br />
Only serving Local Produce in the cafe and Restaurant<br />
Shop with every <strong>Llŷn</strong> Produce<br />
Effect: Space to bring together <strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong> communities<br />
to co-operate and share good practice<br />
Group to raise awareness and take action<br />
Organise talks and discussions on the climate crisis<br />
Effect: Opportunity to discuss, raise awareness and take action<br />
Formalise Pwllheli GwyrddNi<br />
group - Ffrindiau Pwlllheli<br />
Define co-operation<br />
arrangements with others<br />
including Cyngor Tref Pwllheli<br />
Find more volunteers<br />
and funding streams<br />
Clear vision statement<br />
Define relationship with<br />
GwyrddNi groups and others<br />
Formalise GwyrddNi Pwllheli<br />
group - Ffrindiau Pwlllheli<br />
Develop programme<br />
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› FURTHER INFORMATION<br />
Support and Getting in Touch<br />
Thank you for reading the <strong>Pen</strong> <strong>Llŷn</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>. We hope it sparks an interest<br />
to take action! If you would like to learn more about<br />
the ideas in this plan, or would like to support their<br />
development in any way, get in touch today:<br />
dafydd.rhys@ynnillyn.cymru (07887 954 301). We<br />
will be delighted to hear from you and welcome any<br />
support or suggestions.<br />
Full Report<br />
If you would like a more detailed overview of<br />
GwyrddNi’s assembly process, the movement,<br />
the partners in the five areas, the educational<br />
programme and much more, visit:<br />
http://bit.ly/GwyrddNi_FromAssembliesTo<strong>Action</strong><br />
<strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>s<br />
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